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Leader Authenticity Markers: Findings From A Study of African-American Leaders
(Center for Public Leadership, 2004-01-06)
Authenticity has become a central concept in leadership studies, but the question
of how followers assess the authenticity of their political leaders has not been
addressed. With few exceptions, the literature on ...
What is Good Leadership?
(Center for Public Leadership, 2004-01-07)
The moral triumphs and failures of leaders carry a greater weight and volume than those of nonleaders. In leadership we see morality and immorality magnified, which is why ethics is fundamental to our understanding of ...
Leading in Complex Political Environments: What We Are Learning from Superintendents of Education
(Center for Public Leadership, 2004-01-03)
This working paper examines some of the key issues and challenges confronting some of the most significant actors in American political affairs—superintendents of education—and explores how they can drive meaningful ...
Rethinking Leadership, or Team LEaders Are Not Music Directors
(Center for Public Leadership, 2004-01-08)
Let us begin with a thought experiment. Think for a moment about one of the finest groups you have every seen—one that accomplished its work superbly, that got better and better as a performing unit over time, and whose ...
Management as a Profession
(Center for Public Leadership, 2004-01-01)
Changing the World from the Bottom Up: Leadership in Grassroots Social-Change Organizations
(Center for Public Leadership, 2004-01-02)
The challenges of leadership in grassroots social-change organizations (SCOs) are daunting: the task is large, but funding is limited and uneven, and there is often a tension between financial stability and mission ...
Psychoanalyzing Presidents Without a Couch: Lessons from the William J. Clinton and George W. Bush Presidencies
(Center for Public Leadership, 2004-01-04)
In this paper I address the usefulness of the psychoanalytic framework in studying U.S. presidents and by implication political leaders more generally.1 I ask why such a framework is important for studying political leaders ...
Legitimacy In A Bastard Kingdom
(Center for Public Leadership, 2004-01-05)
"Now, gods, stand up for bastards!" No, this is not the prayer of the New York litigator; it is the battle cry of Edmund, bastard son of the Earl of Gloucester and one of the great early modern theorists of political ...
Learning To Be Civic: Higher Education and Student Life, 1890-1940
(Center for Public Leadership, 2004-01-09)
All studies of American civic life identify the years between 1890 and 1940 as the high tide of civic engagement: the period in which voluntary associations and other formal organizations, for profit and nonprofit, ...